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How many jobs did multimillionaire Mittzie create as Governor?
The official Bureau of Labor Statistics month-by-month lists of total nonfarm payroll employment in Massachusetts for every month from January 2002 to April 2012.
The relevant dates here are January 2003 through December 2006, Romney’s tenure.
Data extracted on: August 31, 2012 (2:58:44 PM)
[h=4]State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings[/h]
Series Id: SMS25000000000000001
Seasonally Adjusted
State: Massachusetts
Area: Statewide
Supersector: Total Nonfarm
Industry: Total Nonfarm
Data Type: All Employees, In Thousands
After his foolish boasting last night, consider these facts:
Moody’s Analytics, in an August forecast, predicts 12 million jobs will be created by 2016, no matter who is president.
Macroeconomic Advisors in April also predicted a gain of 12.3 million jobs.
BTW, don't conservatives claim that "government doesn't create jobs?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-mitt-romneys-acceptance-speech-at-the-gop-convention/2012/08/31/70c3d8de-f31f-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/29/michael-tomasky-on-mitt-romney-s-economic-failure-in-massachusetts.html
The official Bureau of Labor Statistics month-by-month lists of total nonfarm payroll employment in Massachusetts for every month from January 2002 to April 2012.
The relevant dates here are January 2003 through December 2006, Romney’s tenure.
Data extracted on: August 31, 2012 (2:58:44 PM)
[h=4]State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings[/h]
Series Id: SMS25000000000000001
Seasonally Adjusted
State: Massachusetts
Area: Statewide
Supersector: Total Nonfarm
Industry: Total Nonfarm
Data Type: All Employees, In Thousands
Romney took office January 3, 2003 (not January 20, so we can lay the whole month on him, assuming few to zero jobs were lost during the Rose Bowl).
In January 2003, the state’s payrolls had 3.224 million workers. Within a month, 15,000 jobs were shed. The year ended with 3.179 million on the payrolls, for a first-year net loss of 44,700 jobs.
In 2004, the state gained back 20,500 jobs.
The next year it gained back 24,400.
So after three years in office, Romney was up a grand total of 200 jobs.
Finally, in his fourth year, another 40,500 jobs were added, so he wound up with a net gain of 40,700 jobs.
This, as has been often noted, put Massachusetts at 47th in the nation, only ahead of of Michigan, Ohio, and Katrina-ravaged Louisiana.
In January 2003, the state’s payrolls had 3.224 million workers. Within a month, 15,000 jobs were shed. The year ended with 3.179 million on the payrolls, for a first-year net loss of 44,700 jobs.
In 2004, the state gained back 20,500 jobs.
The next year it gained back 24,400.
So after three years in office, Romney was up a grand total of 200 jobs.
Finally, in his fourth year, another 40,500 jobs were added, so he wound up with a net gain of 40,700 jobs.
This, as has been often noted, put Massachusetts at 47th in the nation, only ahead of of Michigan, Ohio, and Katrina-ravaged Louisiana.
After his foolish boasting last night, consider these facts:
Moody’s Analytics, in an August forecast, predicts 12 million jobs will be created by 2016, no matter who is president.
Macroeconomic Advisors in April also predicted a gain of 12.3 million jobs.
BTW, don't conservatives claim that "government doesn't create jobs?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-mitt-romneys-acceptance-speech-at-the-gop-convention/2012/08/31/70c3d8de-f31f-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/29/michael-tomasky-on-mitt-romney-s-economic-failure-in-massachusetts.html